Re: [PATCH RESEND] docs: update trusted-encrypted.rst

From: James Bottomley
Date: Sun Aug 16 2020 - 13:12:30 EST


On Mon, 2020-08-17 at 00:57 +0800, Coly Li wrote:
> On 2020/8/17 00:36, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Sun, 2020-08-16 at 12:06 -0400, Stefan Berger wrote:
> > [...]
> > > A note in this file states this:
> > >
> > > Note: When using a TPM 2.0 with a persistent key with handle
> > > 0x81000001, append 'keyhandle=0x81000001' to statements between
> > > quotes, such as "new 32 keyhandle=0x81000001".
> > >
> > > Now if someone was (still) interested in TPM 1.2
> > > adapt the note to state that these keyhandle=... should be
> > > removed for the TPM 1.2 case.
> >
> > Actually, I also have a plan to match what userspace does and
> > simply assume a keyhandle of 40000001 (generate an EC Storage
> > Primary Key on the fly) if it's not specified, which will make the
> > TPM1.2 and 2.0 versions of this the same. Unfortunately the
> > necessary precursor patches are taking an age to get upstream.
>
> Hi James,
>
> Do you have a plan to push such patches into upstream soon? If yes
> than I may wait for your patch and withdraw this one.

Well, as I said above it depends on not yet upstream precursor patches.
They have been pending for about a year, so I've no real idea of the
timeline.

James